Kelheim Diceras Limestone: Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Isoarcidae
Isoarca speciosa
Isoarca explicata
Isoarca robusta
Isoarca alta
Isoarca striata
Isoarca regularis
Isoarca texata
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pachymya (Arcomya) kelheimensis
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Pachyrisma (Pachyrisma) latum
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Epidiceratidae
Plesiodiceras valfinense
Plesiodiceras muensteri
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Diceratidae
Eodiceras bavaricum
Paradiceras aequivalve
Paradiceras inaequivalve
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha boehmi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
? Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Prorokia subproblematica
Praeconia studeriana
Coelopis (Coelopis) plana
Coelopis (Coelopis) aff. carinata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus couloni
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Pachymytilus crassissimus Boehm 1881
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eopecten inaequistriatus
Eopecten subtilis
Eopecten gigas
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) virdunensis (Buvignier 1852)
listed as C. (Camptochlamys) tithonius
Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
recombined as Chlamys textoria
listed as Ch. quenstedti and Ch. paraphora
Chlamys (Aequipecten) nebrodensis
original and current combination Aequipecten
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenostreon rubicundum
Ctenostreon aff. halleyanum
Ctenostreon pectiniforme
Lima (Lima) brancoi
Lima (Lima) lingula
Plagiostoma latelunulatum
Plagiostoma pratzi (Boehm 1881)
Lima (Lima) notata de Loriol 1878
recombined as Lima (Plagiostoma) notata
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis jurensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon (Isognomon) pygmaea
Isognomon (Isognomon) sp. Lightfoot 1786
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna boehmi n. sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites seebachi
Trichites incrassatus
Trichites zitteli
Trichites rugatus
Trichites perlongus
Pinna (Pinna) amplissima
Pinna (Pinna) mytiloides
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra wetzleri Boehm 1882
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) uhligi Boehm 1881
Arca (Arca) pencki
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon (Nemodon) maceratus Boehm 1881
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bavaria
Coordinates: 48.9° North, 11.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.2° North, 19.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Tithonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Tithonian
Age range of interval:149.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Diceras Limestone (coral limestones)
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: The bivalve collection of Boehm (1881) from the Kelheim Diceras Limestone has been revised and rearranged.
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 586
Database number:57791
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-01-04 02:25:45 Last modified:2006-04-26 10:04:46
Access level:the public Released:2006-01-04 02:25:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15553. S.-A. Yamani. 1976. Revision der Bivalvenfauna der Kelheimer Diceraskalke (Untertithon, Bayern). Mitt. Bayer. Staatssamml. Paläont. hist. Geol. 16:5-10 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]